Hour 4. Connecting to the Internet

You've got your hardware and software, and you've selected a provider. It's time to get your computer onto the Internet.

To connect to the Internet, the communications software on your computer has to be supplied with certain information about your Internet provider. You can give it this information simply by running the signup program that you received from your Internet provider, or by configuring your communications software on your own. In this hour, you'll learn to do both.